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Is J gifted (and should I give up)?
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 534512" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Well, France is not quite as bad as Japan, say, in that regard <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But, yes, social conformity is certainly important here, in the main. And there is no mainstream culture of celebrating difference, as there is in the UK, for example. Tolerance is not politically correct here...</p><p>It could be that J is "twice exceptional", yes (a new category for me - coming to the forum is nothing if not educational <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) It would kind of make sense of why he is able to perform so well in school when all the indications are that he shouldn't be able to - his abilities allowing him to compensate for his deficencies - and also as to why his general brightness outside of school is not reflected within it, where he just seems average or even below in terms of his skills. It took him a long time to learn colours, numbers, etc... When his level of conversation, for example, is much more sophisticated sometimes than you'd expect from a five year old. Anyway, the teacher, to give her credit, seems to have sized J up fairly well and seems to say something along these lines herself.. She wouldn't be his teacher next year, though, when he moves up to the "big school". </p><p>Although once again I'm fantasing/pondering about alternative schools. Honestly, i don't want school to be a drag and a penance for J, but something that he enjoys...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 534512, member: 11227"] Well, France is not quite as bad as Japan, say, in that regard :) But, yes, social conformity is certainly important here, in the main. And there is no mainstream culture of celebrating difference, as there is in the UK, for example. Tolerance is not politically correct here... It could be that J is "twice exceptional", yes (a new category for me - coming to the forum is nothing if not educational :)) It would kind of make sense of why he is able to perform so well in school when all the indications are that he shouldn't be able to - his abilities allowing him to compensate for his deficencies - and also as to why his general brightness outside of school is not reflected within it, where he just seems average or even below in terms of his skills. It took him a long time to learn colours, numbers, etc... When his level of conversation, for example, is much more sophisticated sometimes than you'd expect from a five year old. Anyway, the teacher, to give her credit, seems to have sized J up fairly well and seems to say something along these lines herself.. She wouldn't be his teacher next year, though, when he moves up to the "big school". Although once again I'm fantasing/pondering about alternative schools. Honestly, i don't want school to be a drag and a penance for J, but something that he enjoys... [/QUOTE]
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